The 1st International Online Conference on AgriEngineering
The 1st International Online Conference on AgriEngineering
Part of the International Online Conference on AgriEngineering series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
2 October 2026
2 November 2026
27 January 2027
Agricultural Engineering, Smart Farming, Remote Sensing, Automation in Agriculture, Robotics in Agriculture, Agricultural Mechanization, Livestock Farming Technology, Precision Agriculture, AI in Agriculture
The IOCAGE 2027 is NOW OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Welcome from the Chairs
We are thrilled to welcome you to the upcoming 1st International Electronic Conference on AgriEngineering (IOCAGE 2027), proudly sponsored by the MDPI open access journal AgriEngineering (ISSN: 2624-7402, Impact Factor: 3.1). In line with our commitment to fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, this online conference provides a unique platform for researchers to showcase their work, discuss groundbreaking findings, and engage in meaningful conversations with fellow experts.
This online conference will be held on www.sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences. The virtual format offers the distinct advantage of eliminating the need for travel and its associated expenses, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the conference without any logistical constraints.
The conference will span various key themes, including the following:
- Agricultural Mechanization;
- Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture;
- Precision Agriculture;
- Livestock Farming Technology;
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture;
- Bioresources and Bioprocess Engineering;
- Technical Note as Article Type in AgriEngineering.
We are pleased to inform you that the participation in this conference is completely free of charge for both authors and attendees. Extended versions of the accepted abstracts may also be submitted for free to Biology and Life Sciences Forum, after the conference ends. In addition, participants to this conference are invited to submit full papers for consideration in a Special Issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN: 2624-7402, Impact Factor 3.0), with a 20% discount on the article processing charge.
We encourage you to explore the conference platform and guidelines provided in advance for a seamless experience. Should you have any queries or require assistance, our dedicated support team is available to ensure your participation is smooth and rewarding.
We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference and contribute to the vibrant intellectual exchange that makes events like IOCAGE 2027 truly exceptional.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Mathew Pelletier
Retired Scientist from Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Lubbock, TX, USA
Event Chairs
Retired Scientist from Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Lubbock, TX, USA
Department of Land, Enviroment, Agriculture and Orestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Francesco Marinello is a full professor in biosystems engineering at the University of Padova (Italy). After his PhD in precision engineering and metrology jointly supervised by the Technical University of Denmark (Lingby, Denmark), he spent two years at the InterUniversity Center for Nanotechnologies (Venice, Italy) and two years at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (Lugano, Switzerland). Since 2012 he is researcher and since 2024 full professor at the University of Padova (Padova, Italy) and since 2017 Adjunct professor at the University of Georgia (Athens, USA): he is responsible for the courses in Agricultural Mechanics, Precision Farming, Applied Statistics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Agriculture.
Session Chairs
Assoc. Professor Lilong Chai
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Prof. Dr. Luís Ángel Ruiz Fernandez
Department of Cartographic Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrammetry Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain
Prof. Dr. Luciane Maria Colla
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Bioprocess, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Dr. Hélder José Chaves Fraga
Department of Agronomy CITAB / Inov4Agro University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
Prof. Dr. Simone Pascuzzi
Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Event Committee
Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
biopolymers; biodegradability; machine learning and applications on materials and agriculture; farm structures; sustainable materials from agri-waste
image processing; robotics in Indoor navigation; deep learning; AI vision computing; image object detection and recognition system; DNA computing; discrete mathematics
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
optimization of livestock barns, greenhouses and agro-industrial buildings; integration of renewable energies and energy efficiency in farm buildings; enhancement of the historic rural built heritage
Animal Production and Biotechnology Group, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Spain
immunology; dairy; biotechnology; animal production; animals; feeding; dairy science; food chemistry; animal nutrition; ruminant nutrition
Department of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
irrigation systems; water use in agriculture; water resources; decision support systems
sensors and actuators; biorrefineries; photocatalysis; waste management and valorization; soil pollution; life cycle analysis; nanomaterials applied to agriculture
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
precision livestock farming; artificial intelligence; biosystems engineering; remote sensing and GIS modelling
Laboratory of Post-Harvest and Quality of Vegetable Products, Federal Institute of Southeast Minas Gerais, Manhuaçu, Brazil
post-harvest; drying; storage; physical properties; thermodynamic properties; fruits; grains; vegetables; rheological properties; thermic properties
Institute for Agri-Food and Agri-Environmental Research and Innovation, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
physiology of ripening and senescence; post-harvest storage of fruits and vegetables; light quantity and quality modulation; soilless cultivation; hydroponics; IoT for agri-industry
Registration
The registration for IOCAGE 2027 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 27 January 2027.
Instructions for Authors
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 02 October 2026
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 02 November 2026
Please note:
An abstract acceptance email only confirms that your abstract has been accepted. Oral or poster presentation invitations are determined separately by the conference chairs, and you will receive an additional email with the presentation result.
Abstract Requirements
1. Types of Submissions
- Accepted: Original research abstracts; systematic reviews or meta-analyses abstracts (must comply with PRISMA 2020).
- Not accepted: Narrative, scoping, comparative, perspective, opinion, or essay-style reviews.
2. Content Requirements
- Length: 200-300 words
- Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions
- Language: Clear, publication-ready English
- Originality: Must be original and unpublished; previously published abstracts will not be considered
3. Authorship
All listed authors must have made substantial contributions to the work, participated in drafting or critically revising the abstract, and approved the final version. The submitting (presenting) author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the submission, including its content and authorship order.
Requests for changes to authorship (including the addition, removal, or reordering of authors) after submission must be submitted using a signed Authorship Change Form, with written consent from all affected authors. Such requests are subject to review and approval by the Conference Organizing Team. All authors share collective responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of the submitted work.
Authors may submit multiple abstracts, but only one abstract per author may be selected for an oral presentation.
Presentation Requirements
1. Each abstract must designate one presenter. To change the presenter, please contact us after you receive the oral/poster presentation invitation.
2. Only live presentations are accepted.
3. Presenters who do not attend the live session will not be eligible for awards or presentation certificates.
Authors are encouraged to prepare presentations using PowerPoint or equivalent software for online display alongside their abstract. If provided, slides will be presented directly on the conference website via the Sciforum.net slide viewer and should be prepared in the same format as a traditional conference presentation of research results. All slides must be converted to PDF format prior to submission to ensure accurate online display.
Each presentation should:
- Communicate the research question or objective, methodology, key results, and scientific novelty;
- Use a clear and logical structure, typically Introduction-Methods-Results&Discussion structure (IMRaD) or a field-appropriate alternative;
- Emphasize the relevance of the work;
- Support key findings with clear figures or tables where appropriate;
- Conclude with a critical interpretation of the results and their impact.
Posters should be designed to allow independent understanding of the research and clearly present the essential elements of the study.
Each poster should include:
- Title, authors, affiliations, and contact details (clearly displayed at the top);
- Brief introduction outlining the research objective;
- Concise methodology summary;
- Main results, supported by clear, well-labeled figures or tables where appropriate;
- Short conclusion summarizing key findings and their relevance.
Technical specifications:
Dimensions (cm): 84.1 × 118.9 (A0 - portrait)
Resolution:300 dpi
Pixel size (portrait, 300 dpi):9933 × 14043 px
Minimum font size:≥24
Any request concerning abstract or proceedings paper withdrawal should be communicated to the Conference Organizing Team as early as possible, preferably prior to final acceptance and confirmation of the conference program. Please note that once abstracts are published in the Conference Report or once Proceedings papers are published in the Proceedings journal and assigned a DOI, they become part of the permanent scholarly record and cannot be fully removed.
AI policy
The responsible use of generative AI tools in the preparation of abstracts, posters, and presentations is permitted; however, any such use must be clearly disclosed, specifying the tool employed and its role. Authors retain full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of their work.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, professional, or personal relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the integrity, interpretation, or presentation of their work. Failure to provide accurate disclosures may result in the removal of the abstract from the conference program and associated publications.
If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
1. Copyright Ownership
In accordance with Swiss copyright law, you, as the author, are the original creator of your work and retain full copyright ownership of your submitted abstract.
2. License Grant
By submitting your abstract for publication on the Sciforum.net platform, you grant MDPI, the platform’s publisher, a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to:
- Publish, reproduce, and distribute the abstract online.
- Make the abstract publicly available in connection with the conference.
3. Author’s Retained Rights
This license is non-exclusive. As you retain full copyright, you are free to:
- Reuse, republish, and build upon your work in any way.
- Develop the abstract into a full paper for submission to other journals or publications.
- Enter into subsequent agreements, including granting an exclusive license or transferring copyright to another publisher for a future version of the work.
4. Author’s Responsibility
You remain solely responsible for complying with the policies of any other journal or publisher to which you may submit a subsequent version of your work, particularly concerning prior publication rules. MDPI and Sciforum.net bear no responsibility for any conflicts arising from your future submissions.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the Conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in AgriEngineering (ISSN: 2624-7402, Impact Factor: 3.1), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Authors of accepted abstracts are highly encouraged to submit an extended proceedings paper (ideally 4–8 pages in length) for the conference's dedicated proceedings volume in the Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976) for free, please submit it after the conference.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Biology and Life Sciences Forum and be sure to disclose the conference information in your cover letter or mention the conference name in your submission.
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Publication Notice: Proceedings papers will undergo peer-review procedure. Acceptance at the conference does not ensure final publication.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 5 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 5
1. Best Oral Presentation Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation. Failure to present, delegation of the presentation to another person, or use of AI-generated voice or similar substitutes will result in disqualification.
Criteria: Evaluation considers scientific rigor (clear, literature-supported research question or hypothesis, appropriate methodology, robust analysis and critical discussion of the results), IMRaD/field-appropriate structure, clarity of presented data (clear, well-labeled figures and tables), presentation skills and audience engagement, demonstrated scientific novelty and impact.
Prize: An award of CHF 200 and a certificate in recognition of your outstanding contribution.
2. Best Poster Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters. Failure to present, delegation of the presentation to another person, or use of AI-generated voice or similar substitutes will result in disqualification.
Criteria: Evaluation considers scientific rigor (clear, literature-supported research question or hypothesis, appropriate methodology, robust analysis, and critical discussion of the results), IMRaD/field-appropriate structure enabling independent understanding, clarity of presented data (clear, well-labeled figures and tables), presentation skills (if orally presented), demonstrated scientific novelty and impact.
Prize: An award of CHF 200 and a certificate in recognition of your outstanding contribution.
Winner Announcement: The award winners will be evaluated and selected by the scientific committee after the conference. Results will be announced on the website and all winners will be individually contacted via email.
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